Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31823/d.25.3.2
The Idea of Man in the Philosophy of Josef Pieper
Franjo Mijatović
; Theology of Rijeka, Dislocated Studies of Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The article will primarily point to several basic assumptions and implications of Pieper’s understanding of man, his essence, and his position in the world, in an attempt to explain through a synthesizing philosophical-theological vision the phenomena such as culture, work, morals, leisure, etc. Special attention will be paid to Pieper’s understanding of the human being, that is, the theory of human nature, which he understands as a theological project that needs to be brought to actualization. Human beings, if they are part of the divine creation, are directed toward a certain final end, to an intimate bond with the Creator. Josef Pieper, therefore, shapes the philosophical anthropology around the natural state of man’s Being, whereby man reveals his humanity in an ontological temporality as the goal and mission of his life.
Keywords
Josef Pieper; metaphysics of creation; human nature; J. P. Sartre; leisure; to be on track
Hrčak ID:
186519
URI
Publication date:
18.9.2017.
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